#posse

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#aroused #astonish #deep #dreamed #dwell

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. ↗

— Don Marquis

#control #good #good thing #honesty #honesty is

I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It's more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly. ↗

— Diana Ross

#closed #comes #fingers #grains #hand

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this. ↗

— Karl Marx

#does #fight #history #immense #living

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. ↗

— David O. McKay

#choice #earth #freedom #give #more

Somehow he became certain the he himself possessed the skills of a hypnotist. How he reached this judgement, I have no idea, but never convinced the rest of us. ↗

— Audrey Meadows

#certain #convinced #himself #how #i

The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#christ #death #find #form #freedom

It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children. ↗

— Bill Nelson

#leave #people #permanently #possessions #repeal

Considered now as a possession, one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#body #considered #culture #define #forgotten

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#because #dear #i #lose #might